Guru Dattatreya’s Avadhut Gita
I am the Analogue,
reflecting the firmament,
the immortal Elixir of Knowledge.
Hari Puri Baba’s Mirror Game
I could see the phosphorescence of hidden ores shining from beneath the Earth’s surface – and saw the same light pouring down from Venus-Shukra as it neared the horizon, where the Earth meets the Sky
Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism
Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism are NOT the same thing I have been observing that the words Sanatan Dharma and Hinduism are used by many well intentioned writers and bloggers almost interchangeably. And while I am ready to accept that modern usage doesn’t always honour meanings of
Patanjali, Cognition and Yoga IX
Patanjali, Cognition and Yoga IX “There is certainly an academic argument regarding the theory of two Patanjalis, but I have never come across this argument in my oral tradition and related traditions in my 45 years of interest.Not once. I have read the academic dispute and can see that within
The Text is not the Book
The Text is not the Book The Text, the Shastra, is not the book. A text is not necessarily “a book,” and in an oral tradition, a text’s role is only a part of that tradition, one of its bodily limbs. In my engagement with an oral tradition over 45
Trusting Abstract Ideas
Trusting Abstract Ideas “It seems to me to trust something like an oral tradition could be potentially very dangerous” wrote Jennifer. It IS very dangerous. I would recommend not to trust it. In the frontispiece of my book I quoted Avadhut Gita, “It is only by the grace of God
Reason for Sacred Speech
Reason for Sacred Speech The reason for Sacred Speech in the first place was as a means of taking responsibility for the well being and prosperity of one’s family or greater family, i.e., community. The reason for now taking a good look at what passes for discourse is the same.
Spiritual Mind
Everyone seems to describe the spiritual mind in spiritual terms which makes it so abstract, it can mean anything you fancy it to mean. Let’s identify how the speech of marketing snuck into our exploration of consciousness. — Baba Rampuri
Bhartrihari quote
Bhartrihari quote Matrix of Sacred Speech – “If this eternal identity between knowledge and the word were to disappear, knowledge would cease to be knowledge; it is this identity that makes identification possible.” – Bhartrihari, 5th Century AD. As we discover how the Masters of Sacred Speech have viewed Speech